The General Command of the Air Force ,(Dari: فرماندهی کل نیروی هوایی) also referred to as the Islamic Emirate Air Force and the Afghan Air Force, is the air force branch of the Afghan Armed Forces.
An Avro 504 was one of the first aircraft to be used by the Afghan Air Force.
Firefighting students at the Air Force University in 2011
Former Air Force Sergeant Khudainazer attends civil engineering course at Kandahar Air Wing. Note wording of "Afghanistan Air Force" patch; "Afghan" is not a demonym used in Dari/Pashto.
An Afghan A-29 Super Tucano over Kabul, Afghanistan
Ghazi Amanullah Khan was the sovereign of Afghanistan from 1919, first as Emir and after 1926 as King, until his abdication in 1929. After the end of the Third Anglo-Afghan War in August 1919, Afghanistan was able to relinquish its protected state status to proclaim independence and pursue an independent foreign policy free from the influence of the United Kingdom.
Amanullah Khan
Amanullah at a young age
By 1921, banditry was dramatically curtailed in Afghanistan by harsh punishment, such as being imprisoned in suspended cages and left to die.
Amānullāh Khān with French president Gaston Doumergue in Paris, (January 1928).
